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MUSEUMS PAG.1
MUSEUMS PAG.2
THE
OLD TOWN
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The old town of Rhodes
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The bourg
The labyrinth of streets in the Bourg starts from Socratus, the
crucial point of bazaar-styled shops, which open to shady squares,
with coffee houses and open air inns. The architecture is a mixture
of neo-classical, medieval and southern styles. Among the countless
houses with staggering wooden balconies, the Ottoman mosques stand
out. Among all the attractions listed before, don’t miss the Hospice
of the Italian Nation (1392), on Kistinioù, and the Penagia tis
Nikis (our Lady of Victory), which was erected by the Knights in
1480, after that the apparition of the Virgin Mary miraculously led
to the victory against the Turks.
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The collachium
This area includes Knights’ Str. And the Great Master Palace From
the new town, the mainaccesses are d’Amboise Gate and Eleftherias
Gate: The former one, which from Demokratias leads to the palace,
was commissioned in 1512 by the Great Master d’Amboise. The
Eleftherias was built by the Italians and it leads from Eleftherias
to Platia Symì. Here a vaulted passage stretches as far as the
Apelloù.
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The Mosque of Solyman the Great.
The red mosque was built in 1522 to celebrate the victory of the
sultan against the Knights. Restored in 1808 with original material
of the age, it still remains one of the most wonderful attractions
of the town. Its minaret, splendid but unsafe, was eliminated in
1989, and the once glorious mosque is now going to collapse. It is
closed to the public for repairs.
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The Hammam
The Hammam, the Turkish bath, was commissioned by the pasha Mustafà
in 1765: For decades a relaxing place of the western aristocracy, it
is now attended by the Greeks, tourists and the Turkish minority.
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The
Jewish quarter
On
the west side of Hippocrates Square the Bourg encloses the Ovriakì,
the Jewish quarter from the I century B.C. to the German occupation
in 1944, when the inhabitants were deported to Auschwitz. Going forth
eastwards along Aristotelous,, you get to Plateia Evraion Martyron
Jewish martyrs square), entitled to the memory of the victims of the
nazi camps of concentration. In the middle of the square, a bronze
fountain in the shape of a sea-horse and on the north side the
Admiralty: a solemn medieval building. The synagogue has its seat in
Simioù.
http://www.rhodesjewishmuseum.org
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